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Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.

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The poem of the understanding is philosophy.
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Philosophy Poem Understand
It is certain my belief gains quite infinitely the very moment I can convince another mind thereof.
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Belief Mindset Moments Myself Quite
Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
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Drama Lyrics Man Marriage Woman
The Bible begins gloriously with Paradise, the symbol of youth, and ends with the everlasting kingdom, with the holy city. The history of every man should be a Bible.
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Beginning Glorious History Man Paradise Religious
The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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Artist Human Stand Statue
The history of every individual man should be a Bible.
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History Man Religious
To get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.
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Oneself Properly Truth
Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.
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Book Creation Life Novel Oneself
We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.
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Close Connection Path Visible
Fate and temperament are the names of a concept.
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Concept Fate Name Temperature
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
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Enjoyment Learning Pleasure
Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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Deep Delight Love Philosophy Reflection Wisdom
Friends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests.
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Friendship Harvest Modest Poor Result
Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.
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Instrument Musician Nature Ourselves
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
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Healing Poetry Reason Wound
The best thing about the sciences is their philosophical ingredient, like life for an organic body. If one dephilosophizes the sciences, what remains left? Earth, air, and water.
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Body Earth Organic Philosophy Science Water

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